ALWB Blog Hop - Interview!

1. What part of the state do you call home?

Central Alabama (all over that area)

2. How long have you been blogging?

well, this blog just started but I have been on again off again for about seven years.

3. Why did you start blogging?

I want to share my story with the world. I'll never have the money or time to write a book, so this is a great place to make that happen. I enjoy the little moments in life. I also want to spread happiness and motivate people to do good things even when the world isn't so nice. 

4. What do you love most about blogging?

I love the connections you make. You get to hear people's stories and they get to hear yours and sometime along the way you realize that we're all just trying to figure life out.

5. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

I see myself teaching in Georgia. I see myself still wondering how the world really works. I see myself traveling, a lot. (and hopefully married to D).

6. What is your favorite movie?

Because I Said So. My mom is Diane Keaton and I am Mandy Moore.

7. If you could use any actress to play you in your life, who would you choose and why?

That's a hard choice either Julia Roberts, because she's America's sweetheart and I admire her work.
or
Zooey Deschanel because she's my favorite.
and
Betty White as me in my older years

8. Name the top 5 things on your bucket list.

1. Travel to Europe (including but not limited to: London, Rome, and Paris)

2. Provide my students with motivation to be the change we need in this world.

3. Open a store (probably antiques, & name it in honor of my mom's mom).

4. Work a music festival or concert (filling food bowls for artist would be just fine by me).

5.  See Jimmy Buffett on the beach somewhere.

9. Who or what inspired you to blog?

Life. There's a lot of small elements.. but I realized I wanted to a "creative outlet" so this is where I let it all go.

10. If you could be known for one thing in your life, what would it be?
Helping others/Making the world a better place (even if it's just for one person).

11. Where is your favorite place to go on vacation?
The beach

12. Describe the best moment in your life.
My first kiss. D (my boyfriend now) was actually my first kiss in the summer of 2004 at the beach. The night before, he revealed to me that he had told his Grandfather that he was going to marry me one day (again this was the night BEFORE my first kiss EVER). Then the next day we were swimming in the pool, parents all around, and he tells me to go underwater & then he kissed me. (little did he know I was the world's BIGGEST Mariah Carey fan and LOVED her "Always Be My Baby" video b/c they kiss underwater).  
It is one day that always makes me smile, even when D and I lost touch throughout our undergraduate years.

13. We’re headed to your neck of the woods for one day. What is one thing we have to do, and what restaurant we must eat at?
Well my original neck of the woods is Birmingham so.. There's a lot to do. Me? I would go downtown to Avondale Brewery. Then I would go eat at Crazy Cajuns.

14. What is a tradition you and your family have?
Christmas is really big at our house. So on Christmas Eve, even though the youngest is now 17, we make Christmas cookies, read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, and then we all sleep in the same room for one night. It brings back some wonderful memories from my childhood, and it will be the one thing that will probably bring me home every year for Christmas Eve.

15. We all love social media, share your links so we can follow you.

right now I'm trying to figure out the divide between personal life and blog life so I'm limited to 
Twitter